31b. and gave to every
one of them a knife and said (to Joseph): Come out unto them! And when they
saw him they were impressed of his great beauty and cut their hands,
exclaiming: Allah! Blameless! This is not a human being. This is no other
than some gracious angel.

Wife of the ruler
of (Aziz) Egypt produced some fruit before the women and gave in the hand of every one
of them a knife for cutting the fruit and eating. Then she said to Joseph
(peace be upon him): Come out for a while before them! As soon as they saw Him
(peace be upon him), they lost their sense and could not feel that the knife
had been cutting their hands instead of fruit. And it came out from their
mouths unhesitatingly: Wow that’s great! He is, surely some gracious angel, not
a human being.

The ruler’s wife
said: Beheld you! This is He on whose account you blamed me. When Joseph (peace
be upon him) came out, He saw that it was an assembly of the women, so He
lowered His gaze and stood before them. The thing, which influenced the women,
was His spiritual power. Any beholder does not become mad by looking only
beauty of the face; that he/she begin to cut own hand. It was awe of that
hidden Light, which had been shining on His (peace be upon him) blessed face.
This light is in the luck of such people whose manners are pure and firm.
Common people do not have this light. It was the reason that they (the women)
said that Joseph (peace be upon him) was an angel, not a mankind, who are,
however, considered more pure and chaste than human beings.

Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from
Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall,
Published by PaakCompany, 17-Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’aan published By Idara Islaah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated Urdu to
English by Muhammad Sharif). https://youtu.be/xQwer3Aoo28